Your packaging is our responsibility

We help you meet all the requirements of the Circular Economy Act

Through the Circular Economy Act and the Packaging Act, manufacturers and distributors are obliged to collect, sort, and recycle their packaging.

As the second dual scheme in Germany, we support you with packaging takebacks, giving you more time to focus on building and growing your business.

The challenge? Compliance costs companies an enormous amount of time. There’s also a risk of legal difficulties and penalties in the event of non-compliance.

The solution: an international partner with certified expertise.

  • Benefit from our household-oriented collection, sorting and recycling of sales packaging pursuant to the Packaging Act.
  • Receive an annual confirmation of your participation in our dual scheme – based on quantity and type of material.
  • Let us handle the review of your declaration of completeness.
  • Save time with our simple and transparent billing service.
  • Fulfil the prescribed takeback obligation with our legally secure, reliable and customised service packages.
  • Assign your new obligations for packaging not subject to system participation to us.
  • Gain insight with our comprehensive consulting services. We will gladly support you with certified testing and optimisation of your packaging’s recyclability.

Licence your packaging in just a few clicks with EASyShop

Sellers and online retailers can conveniently licence their smallest quantities for Germany and Austria in our EASyShop. We’ll take care of the rest.

Example: 100 kilograms of carton, paper or cardboard boxes will only cost you €75 per year.

Advantages of a two-year package deal:

  1. Cost effective: save extra with the third year.
  2. Convenient: pay by credit card, invoice, Alipay or PayPal.
  3. Quick: do everything online.
  4. Safe: rely on 100% legal certainty and the Trusted Shops quality seal.
  5. International: choose from six languages.
  6. Verified: receive an online label of approval for packaging licencing.

What does the Packaging Act regulate?

The Packaging Act (VerpackG) applies to those who place packaging filled with goods and intended for consumers on the market – including filling material. Online retailers are included.

The principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) applies. This means that anyone who puts filled packaging into circulation must handle its return and recycling.

More about the Packaging Act: www.verpackungsgesetz-info.de

What constitutes as packaging?

Sales packaging is used to protect the goods and their safe transfer to the end consumer.

Sales packaging can be made of glass, paper, carton, cardboard, plastics, metals, or other composite materials. They may or may not be subject to scheme participation.

You can find out which packaging is subject to scheme participation in the Central Agency Packaging Registry (ZSVR).

Want to meet the requirements of the Packaging Act in a legally compliant and convenient way? The Landbell dual scheme takes care of everything for you.

What types of packaging are not subject to scheme participation?

For distributors of packaging not subject to scheme participation, the amendment to the Packaging Act of 3 July 2021 means the following changes:

  • Registration obligation / Extension of registration at the Central Agency Packaging Registry / LUCID
  • Obligation to inform
  • Documentation obligation
  • Duty to self-organisation
  • Provision of financial and organisational resources

The following types of packaging are not subject to scheme participation:

  • Transport packaging that facilitates the handling and transport of goods but is not typically intended for forwarding to the end consumers.
  • Sales or outer packaging that is not generated as waste by commercial end consumers.
  • Disposable beverage packaging subject to deposit.
  • Sales and outer packaging that cannot be involved in a dual scheme due to system incompatibility.
  • Sales packaging with filling material containing pollutants.
  • Reusable containers.

Our recommendation: be sure to consult the Central Agency Packaging Register’s catalogue of packaging subject to scheme participation. This will tell you whether you have correctly assigned your packaging.

Place your responsibility in our hands worry free. Together with a team of experts and lawyers, we’ll develop a customised solution for you.

Our compact service package offers you the all-inclusive worry-free package. It contains the organisational book with the following contents:

  • Statements on current legal situation and the resulting obligations
  • Checklist of your to-do items
  • Sample text to fulfil your obligation to inform
  • Template of a verification system to fulfil your documentation obligation

In addition, you’ll have access to a nationwide disposal network that you can use immediately for your collections.

Build trust with the Landbell online label

Show customers and partner companies that you are living up to your responsibility as a producer and support the recycling system.

We provide you with the Landbell online label for your packaging in German, English and Italian — completely free of charge.

Your packaging makes the difference

Developing innovative, recyclable packaging shows your support for sustainability and influences the purchase decision of your customers.

Sustainable product design is a crucial factor in improving the recyclability of your packaging. Incorporating this from the beginning increases the reuse of high-quality secondary raw materials and saves valuable resources.

Improve your recyclability and build trust with your customers.

Contact our experts now!

Landbell GmbH
Rheinstraße 4L
55116 Mainz
Germany

Phone: +49 (6131) 235652 – 0
Fax: +49 (6131) 235652 – 10
Email: info@landbell.de